Venezuela at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Venezuela
games=1980 Summer
competitors=37 (37 men and 0 women)
sports=7
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gold=0
silver=1
bronze=0
total=1
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Venezuela competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

Medalists

Silver

*Bernardo Piñango — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Results by event

=Boxing=

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
*Pedro Manuel Nieves:* First Round — Defeated Singkham Phongprathith (Laos) after referee stopped contest in first round :* Second Round — Lost to Dietmar Geilich (East Germany) on points (0-5)
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
*Ramon Armando Guevara:* First Round — Defeated Nyama Narantuya (Mongolia) on points (5-0) :* Second Round — Lost to Yo Ryon-Sik (North Korea) on points (1-4)
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
*Bernardo Piñango → Silver Medal:* First Round — Bye:* Second Round — Defeated Ernesto Alguera (Nicaragua) on points (4-1) :* Third Round — Defeated Veli Koota (Finland) after diskwalification in second round :* Quarter Finals — Defeated John Siryakibbe (Uganda) after knock-out in second round :* Semi Finals — Defeated Dumitru Cipere (Romania) on points (3-2):* Final — Lost to Juan Hernández (Cuba) on points (0-5)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
*Antonio Esparragoza:* First Round — Bye:* Second Round — Lost to Peter Joseph Hanlon (Great Britain) on points (1-4)
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
*Nelson René Trujillo:* First Round — Lost to Sean Doyle (Ireland) after referee stopped contest in second round
Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)
*Nelson José Rodriguez:* First Round — Lost to John Munduga (Uganda) on points (1-4)

=Football (soccer)=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A):* Lost to Soviet Union (0-4):* Lost to Cuba (1-2):* Defeated Zambia (2-1)
*Quarter Finals:* Did not advance
*Team Roster:* Eustorgio Sánchez:* Ordan Aguirre :* Emilio Campos:* Pedro Acosta:* Mauro Cichero:* Robert Elie:* Alexis Peña:* Asdrubal José Sanchez :* Iker Joseba Zubizarreta :* Bernardo Añor:* Angel Castillo :* César Armando Semidey:* Rodolfo Carvajal:* Pedro Juan Febles :* Nelson José Carrero :* Juan José Vidal

=Swimming=

Men's 100m Freestyle
*Alberto Eugenio Mestre:* Heats — 52,62 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle
*Jean Marc Francois Carezis:* Heats — 1.54,76 (→ did not advance)
*Rafael Vidal:* Heats — DNS

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/VEN/summer/1980/ sports-reference]